Dell Inspiron 530 Videocard Options

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Hey all thanks for stopping by.

Got my Aunt's old Dell Inspiron 530. It's better than my older rig in terms of being a little faster, here are the specs:



I need a videocard and wasn't sure what I could use. Also there seems to be different types of memory this can handle according to Dell's online manual....Any help is appreciated. I just want to be able to play some games decently not AWESOME

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One last question my friend. I have 2 HDD one that's about 1TB and the other that came with the PC. I have windows 7 on one hard drive and just installed windows 8.1 on the other. how do I get the os choice menu when I turn the pc on. Right now it boots straight to windows 8
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Are you thinking about Dual Boot? You have to set it up when you are installing OS...

I am not so good in this area, so make a new post with Dual Boot and OS choices, you will have plenty responses quickly.

P.S. If you finding any answers particularly helpful to you, please mark it as Pick A solution, to solve the thread - it will benefit others, searching for the same question.
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Basically without upgrading power supply you are limited to HD 7750, but considering you Core2Duo CPU, you don't need to go any further.

So, if you have Mini Tower:

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You have basically no restrictions on physical size of the card (7750 no larger ones). There are plenty options still around, I would endorse Sapphire, Asus, Gigabyte and maybe HIS.

Since your OS is 32 bit, your max RAM can be only 4 GB (3.5GB actually used)

Anything else I can help you with?
 
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Thanks Kisianik

One last question, I do have the mini tower and wanted to max out the memory while using Windows 64 bit...Whats the max I can go...Lastly the videocard you mentioned above, is that still available?

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With Win 64 bit you can go up to 8 GB of DDR2 PC2-5300 (this one documented), this is the exact model still available, which was proven to work: Corsair 2GB (1x2GB) DDR2 667 MHz (PC2 5300) Desktop Memory (VS2GB667D2) http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-1x2GB-Desktop-Memory-VS2GB667D2/dp/B000R4OUNC

In order to use 8 GB, BIOS has to be upgraded to version 1.0.18.

Video card without PSU upgrade, available now new:
HD 7750 any GDDR5 cards (DDR3 is slower and therefore a bit cheaper) http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007709%20600298541&IsNodeId=1

GTX 650 only a few which do not require ancillary 6 pin power connector: ASUS GTX650-E-2GD5 (I really like this one so I would not go any further) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121714

Processor (CPU) can go up to E8600, faster than yours, but you can get it only on eBay, since you stated desire to get new parts only, I am not offering any choices here.

Anything else I can help you with?

P.S. useful links regarding RAM upgrade

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_Inspiron#Inspiron_530

http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/desktop/f/3514/t/19287044.aspx#19527076

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One last question my friend. I have 2 HDD one that's about 1TB and the other that came with the PC. I have windows 7 on one hard drive and just installed windows 8.1 on the other. how do I get the os choice menu when I turn the pc on. Right now it boots straight to windows 8
 
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these computer companys like yours dell hp whoever will fix the [locked] bios so you cant do certin upgrades cause they dont want you to do somthing to harm there product and you to come back on them for warentty or refund . now ther are some ways to trick the board and get some things to work its just a matter of finding what if there is one
just look at the threads that folks trying to upgrade ther cards on these computers so if you go for it i would stay with what ever card brand is allready in there if uits a amd card go back with a amd and that may not fly.. then your out and looking for the workaround to fool there bios
 
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One last question my friend. I have 2 HDD one that's about 1TB and the other that came with the PC. I have windows 7 on one hard drive and just installed windows 8.1 on the other. how do I get the os choice menu when I turn the pc on. Right now it boots straight to windows 8
Click to expand...

Are you thinking about Dual Boot? You have to set it up when you are installing OS...

I am not so good in this area, so make a new post with Dual Boot and OS choices, you will have plenty responses quickly.

P.S. If you finding any answers particularly helpful to you, please mark it as Pick A solution, to solve the thread - it will benefit others, searching for the same question.
 
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